Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in elearning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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